“The Almond Tree pulls you in from the outset and doesn’t let you go. This is a gripping and beautifully told story of perseverance and hope in the face of unimaginable tragedy.”

Honey Lemon Tea Blog

“As the pages are turned, Michelle’s brilliance as a writer is hard to miss.”

The Asian Age

“For a first-time author, Michelle Cohen Corasanti achieves excellence beyond the reader’s expectations, consistently and elegantly capturing the spirits of her characters and the plot, thus easily immersing the readers in the book. The book also gives the reader a deep insight into the happenings of the Israel-Palestine war through an insider’s perspective. The author’s narration style is quite evocative and gleams with knowledge and research on the Israeli occupation. .. This book is a b…

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“I predict (The Almond Tree) will become one of the biggest bestsellers of the decade…”

Huffington Post

“The best fiction that I read this year is for sure The Almond Tree by Michelle Cohen Corasanti”

Anu Reviews

“If you enjoyed The Kite Runner or In the Shadow of the Banyan,
you will want to read The Almond Tree”

Carol Fitzgerald, co-Founder/President of The Book Report Network

“The characters are filled with depth and passion and the author’s descriptive writing brings the period details to life. This is a story of family loyalty, love and sacrifice. Brilliant – poignant – achingly sad. I highly recommend with a 5 star rating.”

Review From Here Blog

“…definitely a five-star…the story is powerful and engrossing, definitely recommended.”

The Dubious Disciple (One of the top 10 Christian blogs in US)

“Corasanti emerges as a powerful writer in this novel.”

Infected Mind Blog

“Michelle Cohen Corasanti has transported her readers into the life of a Palestinian Arab so effortlessly that anyone can relate to Ahmed Hamid.”

One and a Half Minute Blog

Michelle Corasanti’s debut novel brings to us a heart rending story of courage and resilience. The Almond Tree is undoubtedly one of the best books I’ve read this year. I feel that she brings a touch of gentleness and compassion in her stories which leaves the reader with an ache in the heart.

The Greedy Reader

The name itself sends a tickling sensation down the spine. After completing the whole book I can very easily say this is the best possible name for this piece of art. The role the tree has conveyed in this book makes the name perfect.

Timid Fingers

“The prose is as evocative as it is powerful…”

The Hindu Business Line

“As a book, The Almond Tree has been praised enough. All over the web and the literary circles, it has been hailed as the most engrossing book of the year. My review is on the same lines, not because I have to go with the flow, but because I genuinely like it. This is one book that deserves praise it gets.
A woman writing via the eyes of a native man in a country she did not originally belong to is no easy feat. But Michelle writes a first person narrative via Ahmed Hamid so easily that some…

Reader’s Muse

“Excellent. Heart-breaking. Absolutely amazing. I could not put this down.
The author does an incredible job drawing you in right from the start.”

The Printed Word Book Reviews

‘The Almond Tree’ has one of the most powerful opening chapters that I have ever come across in a book, and instantly draws you towards its vortex. Sentiments and emotions play their parts well, and the author does a great job in painting the images right before our eyes. The scenes seem real with the words drawing the colors in the horizon.
A book that is adorned with smiles and tears, living with hope, and with failure, ‘The Almond Tree’ makes you see life in an all new perspective, and…

Live Your Life

The preconceived notion that the greatest creations in world literature have almost been achieved in the grim periods of time comes true with Michelle Cohen’s debut, The Almond Tree. Michelle, although is a lesser known novelist unlike other Jewish authors of enormous fame, Imre Kertész or Amos Oz but her literary explorations and rich narration can be feasibly equated to such canons of literature… Michelle’s craftsmanship of drawing characters is conspicuously dexterous.

Rising Kashmir

“Corasanti has written a phenomenal tale, and she holds the reader’s
attention completely; making this book almost impossible to set down.”

Washington Report on the Middle East

The Almond Tree, is honest. It places real blame, not gratuitous blame, where it belongs. It does not hide behind political complexities nor shift responsibility for some truly abhorrent practices of Israel toward the Palestinian people. Neither does it condone retaliatory violence.

Marsha Hansen (Sister in law of Keith Richards,Rolling Stones) speaks about The Almond Tree

My hope is that one day heads of state from around the globe will actually say to Michelle Cohen Corasanti, “You are the woman who, when you made us look through the eyes of Ichmad Hamid, Menachem Sharon and Abbas Hamid, of Nora,Justice and Zoher, of Baba and Yasmine, of Amal and Sara, effectively argued for peace.

Marsha Hansen (Sister in law of Keith Richards,Rolling Stones) speaks about The Almond Tree